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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosIcelandBurkina FasoPhilippines
27327711,07579,346
27428111,40581,131
27528511,82883,023
27628812,38084,876
27828912,82986,697
27929313,17888,568
28029613,54090,418
28130413,91792,253
28231114,30994,098
28331914,72295,923
28531915,15297,627
28631815,60099,317
28731916,064100,999
28832116,563102,618
28932417,072104,299
29032717,575106,076
29133118,094107,868
29133518,621109,493
29234319,157111,094
29335319,698112,843
29436120,242114,636
29436620,788117,026
29537221,336119,473
29538021,889121,234

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.